Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 6 Side branches and main family

  If Feiqian wants to leave Heluo, there is one place that must be faced and informed first, and that is the head of Heluofei's family.

Anyway, if you say hello, they will not let you go. If you leave without saying goodbye, in the circle of nobles who pay attention to etiquette in the Han Dynasty, it is basically tantamount to labeling yourself as an arrogant person for the rest of your life. , is a thing that is not worth the candle.

  The aristocratic family has been formed since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was not until the Tang and Song Dynasties that its power gradually faded. It was not until the real implementation of the imperial examination system in the Ming Dynasty that the aristocratic family officially withdrew from the stage of history.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the first thing every emperor did was to face the family directly. He could not do without the family, and he had to use various methods to restrict and suppress the family. There are only a handful of people who are angry in history.

  The end of the Han Dynasty Why has been caught in the vicious circle of power struggles between relatives and eunuchs, in fact, the most fundamental reason is the aristocratic family. In this era, most of the time, the aristocratic family is good and guides the direction of the country, but when the interests of the family are involved, they often do things that harm the country. Therefore, almost the emperors of the Han Dynasty first suppressed the family by relying on their relatives, and then recruited eunuchs to suppress the relatives when they saw that the power of the relatives was out of control.

   Such a cycle has led to the fact that only the relatives of the Han Dynasty are the most famous in the past dynasties, such as Huo Guang, Wei Qing, etc., as well as the wimpy Dou Wu and He Jin...

  In the Han Dynasty, it was impossible to fight against the aristocratic family under the banner of fighting against the aristocratic family. Even if you have knowledge and experience beyond a thousand years, it is almost impossible to avoid bad luck and predict the enemy's opportunity. After all, at this time, most of the aristocratic families are people with the most advanced knowledge, and the governance of the country still depends on these aristocratic children, and the vast majority of ordinary people, let alone read, can't even count, how can you let these people How can an illiterate suddenly know how to govern a country?

   Feiqian belongs to the family of He Luofei and originated from Qin Dynasty.

  Feizi, the father of the Qin State, was entrusted to Qin by King Xiao of Zhou, and he was called Qin Feizi in history. Some of Qin Feizi's descendants were named Marquis and Pei Township, so they were called Pei Jun. His later descendants have enfeoffed the city as their surname, called Pei surname, which gradually evolved from Pei to branch families such as Fei and Fei.

This branch of the Fei family has taken root in Luoyang for nearly a hundred years. Although there have not been any high-ranking officials such as Sangong, they have served as officials in the court, local prefects, and county guards. Therefore, Fei Qian was promoted to Xiaolian at that time. More or less some local officials know the affection of this relationship. Anyway, the local big counties have the political task of promoting filial piety every year, and it is nothing new to use it to curry favor with these aristocratic families in Luoyang.

  Fei Qian felt as if later generations went to a place to meet local snakes, but in fact, the aristocratic family was basically similar in nature to local snakes.

  The current Patriarch of the Fei family is named Min, Fei Min, and Zihao. According to his seniority, he should be Fei Qian's uncle.

  Fei Min was then an admonition doctor, specializing in discussion. He is a subordinate official of Guang Luxun, with a rank of six hundred stones. Although the official position is not as prominent as the Sangong, it has the right to play alone, so it is also one of the important official positions.

Fei Min was wearing a brocade robe, with a three stroked beard, a square face, a slightly fat figure, a serious expression, no smiles, and a majestic appearance. When he entered the hall, he didn't even look straight at Fei who was standing aside with his hands folded. Qian, after Zheng Yiguan knelt and sat in the middle of the hall, it seemed that he suddenly saw Fei Qian: "Nephew, are you all right?"

  Fortunately, it is called by the nephew, which shows that Fei Min can still talk about family affection when setting the main tone for today. If he is called by the title of Shaolangguan, it is to show that he is doing business and rejecting people thousands of miles away.

  Etiquette in the Han Dynasty was really tiring, and it was even more tiring when meeting a patriarch who was an official, Fei Qian muttered to himself, but the etiquette was still in place, so he lowered his eyes and saluted to reply some polite words.

In the Han Dynasty, juniors or subordinates were not allowed to look up when answering the elders or superiors, unless the elders or superiors had a clear request. When answering, the highest gaze can only see the chest position of the other party. Hanging down to the ground, looking directly into the opponent's eyes is either provocative or a fight.

   After exchanging pleasantries, it's time for the drama.

After hearing Fei Qian's excuse to leave Heluo and go south to study in Jingxiang, Fei Min brushed his beard slightly, as if lost in memory, "Father, Ziyun is also very knowledgeable. It's also a good story... My nephew has your father's legacy and wants to improve his knowledge. If Ziyun has a spirit, he will be gratified, but..."

  Fei Min changed the subject, "However, if you go on a study tour, what will you do with Ziyun's collection of more than a hundred volumes? The road is high and the water is far away, and the world is not fair now. If you accidentally damage it and leave it behind, wouldn't it be a lifetime of regret?"

   "What uncle said is true, if it is according to uncle's wishes?"

"In my opinion, it's better for the good nephew to send Zi Yun's legacy to his uncle's house for a while, and return it to the good nephew when the good nephew comes back from his study tour. This will reduce the suffering of the good nephew, and also save the son. What do you think of Yun's legacy, my nephew?"

   Feiqian was silent for a long time.

  He knew that the so-called temporary storage was just an excuse, and once he handed it over, he couldn't expect to get it back.

  In the Han Dynasty, knowledge was a priceless treasure, and as the carrier of knowledge, the slips had an extremely high status.

  In ancient times, these collections of books represented not only books, but also the heritage of a family, a kind of inheritance. A scroll of slips was worth a thousand gold, and many poor disciples were willing to pay any price for a scroll of slips.

  The Patriarch of the He Luofei Family, Fei Min, on the one hand, sees that Fei Qian is young and can be bullied, and on the other hand, Fei Qian’s family has no heirs and has no successors. Of course, the most important thing is that these collections are too valuable. As the head of the family, he only has less than 900 scrolls in his family. Fei Qian actually has more than 100 scrolls. Come, he can claim to have a house of thousands of volumes of books! What an alluring title!

  Fei Min was already salivating, but now Fei Qian sent him to the door to give him such a good excuse, how could he let it go easily?

  Fei Qian couldn't help sighing in his heart, this is the so-called aristocratic family! In the eyes of the aristocratic family, the family comes first before the country, and the family comes first before the country, and the interests of the family are always above everything else.

   Helpless, people have to bow their heads under the eaves. What's more, Feiqian is only a side branch, and he doesn't have too much right to speak. The head of the family can personally meet and ask for it under the pretext of "temporary storage". A lot of Tibetan books have been written, and if it is an ordinary poor family, it may even appoint a house slave to come to the house to settle the matter.

"Good. What uncle said is very true, but..." Fei Qian knew that he could never refuse this kind of thing, but he couldn't give it too happily, which made these guys look down on him, "but my father loved to talk about it when he was alive, and he often couldn't put it down. An unfilial son looks at things and thinks about others, and cannot bear to be separated, so he must be with him no matter what."

   Really think that I, Fei Qian, are easy to bully? The most valuable Qilun cannot be given!

As we all know, during the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Qinshihuang burned books and buried Confucianism, and killed many Confucianists. In the Han Dynasty, Feng Shui took turns, and it was the turn of Confucianism to flourish. It reached its peak during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Respecting Confucianism, abolishing hundreds of schools, many disciples of hundreds of schools had to transfer to Confucianism, and those who insisted on not changing were killed, arrested, and more were driven to the frontier.

  At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Confucianism is the only knowledge that can be admitted to the court, and the most important academic work of Confucianism is "The Analects of Confucius".

  Since the publication of "The Analects of Confucius" in the early Warring States period, due to word of mouth and hand-copied transcripts, the words and sentences are often different. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Yu, the teacher of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, compiled "Zhang Hou Lun" based on "Lu Lun" and combined with "Qi Lun", with 21 chapters.

  "The Theory of Qi" was collected by Fei Qian's father when he was studying in Qi State. Although it is only a fragment, in the eyes of the Confucianists at that time, it was of great value, and a thousand dollars was not easy.

"This... this..." Fei Min's trembling beard was very reluctant to let go, but Fei Qian held up the banner of "filial piety" high, and he couldn't let Fei Qian not be filial. Wouldn't that violate the most fundamental Confucianism? Is it one of morality?

   "It's okay for my nephew to keep three or five volumes with me, right?" Fei Min still didn't give up.

   Fei Qian shook his head firmly.

"Ah, whatever, just Nephew Yixian." Although Fei Min expressed regret, but most of them can be obtained without tearing the face, and they are satisfied. After all, Fei Qian is also a member of the Fei family, and the trouble is too ridiculous. , it's just a pity that I can't do all the work, "Then I don't know when my nephew will leave?"

  It means when will I go to your house to pick up books?

"My nephew was invited by the Cui family. I'm afraid there are some trifles left. After staying here, I will leave in the middle of the month. I will definitely inform my uncle at that time." - The Cui family may make trouble for me. If it can be done, then I will give it a maximum of ten days, and I will notify you when I leave.

"The Cui family, but the Cui family in the north of the city, I know. My nephew is going to a high mountain and a long way to go, and my uncle has nothing to give you. All I have to do is prepare some money. I hope my nephew will not refuse. My uncle wishes my nephew a safe journey. You have learned something." - OK, I'll help you out, give you a deposit, and you're not allowed to go back on your word, that's it.

  When Fei Qian left He Luofei's house with five hundred gold, it meant that the deal with Fei Min was completed. This is the helplessness of the side branch, even if Fei Qian refuses to agree this time, Fei Min will find another way, but then it may not be as amicable as it is now.

  Pangzhifeiqian handed over his collection of books in exchange for a certain range of freedom and protection from the master Feimin.

  If Feiqian has no development in the future, then these books will be gone forever. Of course, if Feiqian gains power that day, these books will even be returned twice.

  This is a family. The head of the family has high rights and also has the responsibility to lead the healthy development of the whole family. The side branches are often exploited by the head family invisibly. Of course, if the head of the family is weak, then the elders of the family will hold a meeting to depose the head of the family, and choose a worthy person from other branches to replace the head of the family, and the wealth of the original head of the family will be swarmed to other people to divide up , has since declined.

  The gentleness and politeness of the aristocratic family concealed the **** and cruel law of the jungle.

  (end of this chapter)